Mobile Equipment Servicer

National Park Service • Yosemite National Park, CA

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About The Position

The Mobile Equipment Servicer performs preventive maintenance on a variety of automotive equipment, repairs tires, steam-cleans equipment, and washes vehicles. The position is a career-season appointment: it is permanent and includes the same benefits as a Career appointment, but does not provide year-round work. Work is expected approximately November to November, with two weeks in non-pay status each year.

The role involves servicing a wide range of vehicles and equipment, including automobiles, trucks, tractors, compressors, cranes, graders, snowplows, and generator plants. The employee also responds to road calls, assists journeyman mechanics, and performs maintenance in outlying areas, sometimes in inclement weather.

Work is usually performed indoors on concrete surfaces, with exposure to drafts, noise, fumes, dirt, dust, grease, and other workplace hazards. Emergency road calls are sometimes required. Field work may involve snow and ice, and seasonal driving conditions on mountainous, narrow, and steep roads. The position requires following prescribed safety practices and using protective equipment as needed.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Pass a background investigation and receive favorable adjudication.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Participate in Direct Deposit and successfully pass E-Verify employment verification.
• Have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
• Wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards.
• Complete training and obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
• Meet the stated minimum age and education or training conditions: be at least 18, or be at least 16 and meet one of the listed high-school, vocational-training, school-authority, or student-employment conditions.
• Serve a one-year probationary period and receive written certification for continued employment beyond the probationary period.
• Demonstrate sufficient ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision, the screen-out factor; candidates must earn at least 2 points on the screen-out element and an average of at least 2 points across all job elements.
• Demonstrate knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair; ability to use and maintain tools and equipment; troubleshooting ability; ability to interpret instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading; and technical practices.
• Describe relevant experience and training in the application and document experience in the resume; the resume must support assessment-questionnaire responses.
• Meet all qualifications by the announcement closing date of November 10, 2026.
• No education substitution is available for experience for Federal Wage System positions.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on automobiles, light to medium trucks, crawler tractors, wheel tractors, air compressors, cranes, motor graders, snowplows, and generator plants.
• Operate trucks up to 19,500 GVW to perform road calls.
• Repair and change tires and replace exhaust pipes and mufflers.
• Make minor repairs and adjustments; replace shock absorbers; balance wheels; pack wheel bearings; and inspect vehicles for damage or unsafe steering, brake, and tire conditions.
• Keep the work area clean; steam-clean vehicles, parts, and equipment; and wash and polish cars.
• Fit tire chains to cars and trucks and repair or rebuild snowplow tire chains.
• Assist journeyman mechanics with minor and major repairs to various types of equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance in outlying areas and sometimes in inclement weather.
• Handle heavy parts and truck and grader tires and wheels weighing from 10 pounds to several hundred pounds.
• Follow prescribed safety practices and use required protective equipment.

Benefits

• Uniform allowance provided.
• Federal employee benefits package; the employee and family may have access to a range of benefits, subject to position eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed